Portland’s first cycle track proposed for Cully
A cross-section detail of proposed design of NE Cully Street shows 8 1/2-foot wide cycle-track. Note: Not shown is a wide pedestrian walkway. See below for fully cross-section.
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Bike share in Portland Part Two: Off to Scandinavia
Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Two of our six-part, guest article series on bike-sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom gave us some background on Portland’s efforts to launch a bike share program. Today’s article is … Read more
Obama: “Everyone benefits if we can leave our cars, walk, bicycle…”
“I will work to provide states and local governments with the resources they need to address sprawl and create more livable communities.”— President-elect Obama, in a letter to T4 America President-elect Barack Obama has responded to an online petition circulated by national advocacy group Transportation For America (remember them?). T4 America reported on their blog … Read more
This year, enjoy a carfree Peacock Lane
Now Portlanders can roam (or ride) without worry at the annual Peacock Lane holiday lights show. (Photo © J. Maus) Each year, for the last two weeks of December, residents of the little-traveled Southeast Portland street, Peacock Lane, deck out their houses with elaborate holiday light displays and invite the public to come enjoy the … Read more
Bike tax seen as neccessary to address “political reality”
“We’re not going to put our blinders on and say ‘no, we refuse to talk about it’.”–BTA lobbyist Karl Rohde One of the many interesting conversations that we’ll follow in the upcoming legislative session is the concept of a bike tax. We shared news of the tax last week and reported that the Bicycle Transportation … Read more
More of what’s in store for BikeCraft IV
A Queen Bee wallet. BikeCraft IV is right around the corner and we’ve got a fantastic line-up of new and returning vendors you will not want to miss. Since we last profiled several of this year’s confirmed BikeCraft vendors, more creative, bike loving folks have stepped up wanting to share their wares. Here’s a sampling…
Guest article series: Bike share in Portland: A status report
Tom Miller riding in the 2006 Bridge Pedal.(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to the first in a six-part series; Bike-share in Portland: A status report. The author of this guest article series is Tom Miller. Miller is the current Chief of Staff for Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams and he’ll follow Adams into the Mayor’s … Read more
Neighborhood support grows for Going St. bike boulevard
A banner for the BTA’s campaign seenat an event this summer.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in August, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) announced that Going Street would be the focus of their first major effort to create a new bike boulevard in Portland. Since then, BTA staffer Emily Gardner has been busy shoring up neighborhood … Read more
Eugene-based CETMA unveils new cargo bike
The new CETMAcargo bike from Eugene.(Photos courtesy Lane Kagay)
Portland Police PIO responds to coverage of Ainsworth incident
Sergeant Brian Schmautz, the Public Information Officer for the Portland Police Bureau has left a detailed comment in response to our story on the Ainsworth incident. On Saturday, several members of the PSU Cycling Club were riding on Ainsworth when they were allegedly passed dangerously by a Portland Police Officer. According to witnesses that saw … Read more
Guest Article: Two rights don’t make a right
Jessica Roberts(Photo © J. Maus) This article was written by Jessica Roberts. Jessica is the former metro area advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and she is now a planner with Alta Planning and Design, one of the nation’s premier bike and pedestrian planning firms. Jessica previously wrote about how to get letters published in … Read more
Introducing the BikePortland Bookstore
Get your learn on with books about bikes (and other stuff). It’s time to get smart, and we don’t just mean using hand signals and fighting traffic tickets. Making headway against 50 plus years of car-centric policies, planning, and culture is no easy task. We need to educate ourselves. The more we know the better … Read more